The role of the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office in reviewing officer-involved fatal incidents is to examine the evidence and facts, then make a determination about the lawfulness of the officers’ actions. This case will be ...

If you see more people sporting Baby Bjorns as they head into work at the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, there’s a reason. The office is launching a new “Infants in the Workplace” pilot program, where ...

After Conmed Inc. initiated a lawsuit against Pierce County, a jury Thursday found in favor of the County and awarded it a financial judgment. The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office not only prevailed in its counterclaim against Conmed,...

This Friday the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office is participating in #DressInBlueDay to raise awareness about colorectal cancers. All county employees are invited to wear blue on March 1 to show their support and bring new attention to...

TACOMA, WA - Today a Pierce County Superior Court jury found Sebastian Samuel Levy Aldrete, 50, guilty of murder in the second degree for clubbing his mother to death with a liquor bottle. Maria Aldrete-Levy, 78, died in their home October 16, 2017, after...

TACOMA, WA - Independent investigations by the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, and the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office regarding the shooting death of William Langfitt, IV, have been completed.

TACOMA, WA - Today Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged Monroe James Ezell, 30, a known gang member, with one count of murder in the second degree for the shooting death of Terrance King. King, 28, was shot outside a Lakewood nightclub.

TACOMA, WA – Today, Terry Wayne Shepard, 62, was sentenced to more than 24 years to life in prison. In June, a jury found Shepard guilty of one count of attempted rape in the second degree and two counts of indecent liberties in the second degre...

TACOMA, WA - The Washington Supreme Court has declared the state’s death penalty unconstitutional. In its decision, the state’s high court wrote, “The death penalty is invalid because it is imposed in an arbitrary and raciall...

TACOMA, WA - Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged Randy Smith with six counts of assault in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, attempted robbery in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree, and two counts of unlawful possess...

TACOMA, WA - Today Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged Mark Allen Raney with two counts of rape in the first degree, two counts of kidnapping in the first degree, and one count of robbery in the first degree. Investigators say Raney sexually a...

TACOMA, WA - Today Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist refiled charges for the third time against Samual Kinyanjui Waruimbo, 40. Waruimbo faces three counts of indecent liberties, one count of assault in the second degree, and one count of assault in ...

TACOMA, WA - Today Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged Amber Mae Smithlin with three counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of vehicular assault. Investigators say Smithlin, 36, was under the influence of alcohol when she ran a stop sign ...

TACOMA, WA - Today Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged Kelly John Bendixen, 52, with one count of sexual misconduct with a minor in the first degree for allegedly fondling H.L., a 16-year-old female player, while working as her private soccer ...

A fugitive was returned to the United States on August 9, 2018 after more than 10 years on the run. Agents from the FBI’s Seattle Field Office escorted Jesus Richard Mederos, 32, formerly of Tacoma, Washington, back from Mexico. Mederos will fac...

TACOMA, WA - Today Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist charged four defendants with murder in the second degree. The Prosecutor charged two others with murder in the second degree yesterday. The six are accused of killing Francisco Beiza in Tacoma's E...

TACOMA, WA – As part of a plea agreement in July 2016, Jonathan Harris, 32, pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree for the killing Nicole White the previous year. He was sentenced to 26 years in prison.

TACOMA, WA - Today Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist amended charges against Mark Anthony Brown, Jr., 26, from assault of a child in the first degree to murder in the second degree after three-year-old J.H. died from injuries prosecutors believe Bro...

TACOMA, WA – This week Juan Ortiz, 25, was sentenced to 31 years in prison for the 2010 murder of Juan Zuniga. Ortiz was charged in 2010 but avoided capture until last year when he was arrested in Mexico and extradited to Washington.

TACOMA, WA - Today the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office arraigned Gary Charles Hartman for the murder of 12-year-old Michella Welch. Hartman, 66, is charged with murder in the first degree with premeditation and, in the alternative, murder in t...

TACOMA, WA - Yesterday a Pierce County Superior Court jury found Terry Wayne Shepard, 60, guilty of one count of attempted rape in the second degree and two counts of indecent liberties in the second degree for attempting to have sex with an autistic, non...

TACOMA, WA - Today the Pierce County Prosecutor charged Nicholas David Biancalana, 29, with rape of a child in the third degree. Investigators believe Biancalana was one of at least two men who had sex with Lily Christopherson, 15, who went missing last m...

County Executive Pat McCarthy has announced the hiring of Tiffany Speir as Director of Government Relations for Pierce County. Speir, formerly with the South Sound Military and Communities Partnership (SSMCP), has worked in Pierce County for the last seve...Read on...